CDBG

Rural communities in Arizona are faced with the increasing challenge of balancing future growth while keeping existing housing stock, infrastructure and community facilities from declining. The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is dedicated to helping rural communities face these challenges through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funding.

The CDBG program is a federally funded program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. CDBG provides grant opportunities for community revitalization to ensure decent housing, a suitable living environment and economic opportunity for rural Arizona.

ADOH Community Development and Revitalization (CD&R) division provides CDBG (State and Small Cities Program) funded grants to rural incorporated cities, towns and counties (excluding the counties of Maricopa and Pima and the cities and towns therein, unincorporated Pinal County, Tribal Reservation Land and the cities of Casa Grande, Douglas, Flagstaff, Prescott, Sierra Vista, and Yuma) who do not receive CDBG funds directly from HUD. Please visit our Eligible Grant Applicants section of the CDBG Application Handbook to see if your community is currently eligible for CDBG funding.

ADOH publishes a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) each year informing eligible applicants that funding is available for the CDBG Regional Account and CDBG State Special Projects rounds for community development activities in the categories of Public Improvements, Public Facilities, Housing, Public Services and Planning. A NOFA is published bi-annually for CDBG Colonias projects.

HOME

Preservation and improvement of affordable housing stock throughout Arizona is also a challenge. The Home Investment Partnership (HOME) program was created by the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA). The funds are allocated through HUD and are intended to “... increase the number of families served with decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing and expand the long-term supply of affordable housing...”

The CD&R division provides HOME funded grants to towns, counties, and non-profit entities for owner-occupied housing rehabilitation projects. ADOH publishes a NOFA annually for HOME funded Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation programs.